M&G
reviewers
look at the
DVDs worth
getting this
festive season
(2009) :

TERMINATRYX
/ NOSFERATU
FW Murnau's
1922
silent
classic,
his
own
version
of Dracula,
is silent
no more.
As part
of Cape
Town's
2006
Horrorfest
at the
Labia,
members
of bands
Terminatryx,
Lark,
Dawntreader
and
K.O.B.U.S.
provided
a new
score,
played
live
during
a screening
of the
film.
This
has
now
been
released
on DVD,
and
it works
a treat.
The
film
is an
unrestored
print,
but
the
spottiness
and
variable
lighting
take
their
place
in the
drama,
too,
and
the
music
is very
effective:
thudding
beats,
distorted
guitar,
moany
vocals
(apparently
sung
in Transylvanian),
and
eerie-spacey
effects
-- there's
even
a real
Theremin
employed
here.
(They
have
also
extended
this
honour
to The
Cabinet
of Dr
Caligari
and
the
Scandinavian
quasi-documentary
about
witchcraft,
Häxan.
Let's
hope
we see
them
soon
on DVD.).
-- SdW